Ella in kebaya / getting into more portraiture

I’ve been doing portrait work for some friends. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do more of anyway, so this is a decent, mutually beneficial way of breaking new ground. One of the two friends likes more natural images, whereas the other seems to enjoy much more heavy manipulation. Hope I can please them both. I’m actually considering doing more of this type of a thing on the side to help support my lens lust. (currently dreaming of a CanonRead more
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Facts about Indonesia

I borrowed this list from http://journal.marisaduma.net, (who in turn borrowed it from this discussion on Facebook). Not vouching for 100% accuracy, but I’m sure it’s pretty close. Interesting country don’t you think? Did you know, that with more than 250.000.000 people, Indonesia is the 4th most populated country in the world? Did you know, that there are 316 ethnic groups which speak 670 dialects in Indonesia? Did you know that it is forbidden not to have a religion in Indonesia?Read more
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Google Adsense: Taking the plunge

Since starting this site in 2002, I have never used any sort of advertising, no Amazon referrals, never accepted payment for promoting content, locations, or products of any kind, and have never used text links related to serving myself in any way. Being 2008, I’ve decided to ease into a bit of advertising, utilizing Google Adsense first. I find them to be relatively unobtrusive and quite relevant to the topics I discuss: photography, travel, Indonesia, Bali, technology, blogging. I haveRead more